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"Despite what fans see each week on Glee, Mark Salling\u2014known worldwide as Noah &amp;quot;Puck&amp;quot; Puckerman, a crooning Casanova with a hidden soft spot\u2014swears, really, that he&amp;#39;s nothing like his character. &amp;quot;I&amp;#39;ve never thrown anyone into a Dumpster, for one thing,&amp;quot; he says, laughing. &amp;quot;I was a wrestler, not a football player. And I haven&amp;#39;t broken that many hearts\u2014I&amp;#39;ve only had two serious girlfriends.&amp;quot;\n\n Upon closer questioning, though, the Texas native will concede a few similarities: His iconic Glee hairstyle isn&amp;#39;t his first Mohawk, and music is one of his passions. Mark originally moved to Los Angeles from Dallas to pursue a career as a singer-songwriter, and although he has a hit TV show under his belt, he hasn&amp;#39;t lost his focus. He&amp;#39;s set to release an album this fall that&amp;#39;s a mash-up of his musical muses. &amp;quot;I love nineties stuff like Alice in Chains and Nine Inch Nails. It&amp;#39;d be my dream to have a Radiohead-themed episode of Glee,&amp;quot; he says. &amp;quot;I also love jazz greats like Coltrane, Miles Davis, and Herbie Hancock. I&amp;#39;m combining those two genres to make rock melodic and accessible.&amp;quot;\n\n With his solo debut underway, Mark is more than happy to go with the acting flow. &amp;quot;It&amp;#39;s been amazing and a little overwhelming to be part of this phenomenon,&amp;quot; he says. &amp;quot;And it&amp;#39;s great that Glee is making viewers more aware of the arts. People appreciate it.&amp;quot; And how: The show boasts nearly 7 million iTunes downloads (and counting), a Golden Globe win, a White House performance, and a sold-out concert tour. But Mark insists he&amp;#39;s not a paparazzi magnet just yet: &amp;quot;Girls don&amp;#39;t really recognize me on the street. No one has tried to serenade me or rip my shirt off.&amp;quot; So with small-screen success tackled and nascent rocker status, is this bad boy ready to settle down? His answer is decidedly Puck-like. &amp;quot;I&amp;#39;m not getting married anytime soon,&amp;quot; he says coyly. &amp;quot;You know, just hanging out, doing my thing . . .&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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